Anthropology – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 9

Emma Blake
Identity Studies in Archaeology

This Element explores the origins, current state, and future of the archaeological study of identity. A floruit of scholarship in the late 20th century introduced identity as a driving force in society, a…

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Aghi Bahi
Heritage and Transformation of an African Popular Music

Modern popular music is closely linked to the 'traditional' heritage - intangible and material - of which artist-musicians have, in a way, usufruct. This Element examines the relationship between (cultura…

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Nicoletta Momigliano
Aegeomania

This Element provides an overview of Aegeomania: the fascination, sometimes bordering on the obsession, with the Aegean Bronze Age, which manifests itself in the uses of Aegean Bronze Age material culture…

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Michael B. Toffolo
Infrared Spectroscopy of Archaeological Sediments

Infrared spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between infrared radiation and matter. Its application to the characterization of archaeological sedimentary contexts has produced invaluable insights…

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Tahir H. Naqvi
Questioning Migrants

The Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), propelled by ethnic violence and led by university students with lower-middle-class backgrounds, transformed the cities of the southern Pakistani province of Sindh into a…

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Michael B. Toffolo
Infrared Spectroscopy of Archaeological Sediments

Infrared spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between infrared radiation and matter. Its application to the characterization of archaeological sedimentary contexts has produced invaluable insights…

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Shu-Li Wang
In Search of National Ancestors

This Element examines how international heritage discourses are internalized and reshaped in China, using the Yellow Emperor cults as a lens to explore broader themes of intangible heritage, religious res…

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Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience

Explores the variety of ways in which hunter-gatherer societies have responded to external stressors while maintaining their core identity.

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Jean Lave
Learning and Everyday Life

An incisive study of situated learning, analyzed through a critical theory of social practice as transformational change in everyday life.

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Antioch on the Orontes

"Drawing on a vast body of modern research, this volume offers an archaeological and historical overview of Antioch from its origins through late antiquity. It explores the city's built environment, …

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Anna Lucille Boozer
At Home in Roman Egypt

What was life like for ordinary people who lived in Roman Egypt? In this volume, Anna Lucille Boozer reconstructs and examines the everyday lives of non-elite individuals. It is the first book to bring a …

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Michael B. Cosmopoulos
The World of Homer

Epic poetry, notably the Iliad and the Odyssey, stands as one of the most enduring legacies of ancient Greece. Although the impact of these epics on Western civilization is widely recognized, their origin…

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Webb Keane
Animals, Robots, Gods

A mind-expanding exploration of the ethical bonds we share with the nonhumanMoral relationships saturate the living world, and the line between the human and nonhuman is blurrier than we might think. Anim…

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Luke Kemp
Goliath's Curse

"In the modern tradition of Big Books of human history like Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens and David Graeber and David Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything , Goliath's Curse provides a novel theory of civil…

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Francesca Rochberg
Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity

Objects of knowledge exist within material, immaterial, and conceptual worlds. Once the world is conceived from the perspective of others, the physical ontology of modern science no longer functions as a …

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Rafael Sánchez,
Reconocimientos

"In Caracas, Rafael Sánchez witnessed a transformative scene that led to his groundbreaking theory of the state. This stunning memoir of the intersection of politics and personal life narrates his re…

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Prema A Kurien
Claiming Citizenship

Large-scale international immigration has transformed the political contours of Western societies over the last few decades. The political mobilization of ethnic groups has prompted questions about nation…

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Anna Källén
The Trouble with Ancient DNA

"In recent years, new discoveries yielded through analysis of ancient DNA have made headlines around the world. Can and should we take these stories at face value? In this thought-provoking book, arc…

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The New Reproductive Order

"The New Reproductive Order documents the effects of half a century of new reproductive technologies on ideas and practices surrounding fertility, infertility, fertility control, and fertility declin…

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Siobhan McDonnell,
My Land, My Life

Throughout Oceania, land is central to identity because it is understood to be spiritually nourishing and sustaining. Land is the mother. Land, and the kinship it nurtures, is the basis for sustaining liv…

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